You’ll find that ‘muso’ is not just Australian slang, but also British slang for musician. I wouldn’t place too much emphasis on the person being Australian (especially with the article being from a UK paper).

Mind you, there seemed to be a fair few Australians present, including Kylie Minogue, who hosted the event. So you never know.

muso – common English abbreviation for musician (used in it’s looses context), not restricted to one form of the language. Did hear that one of the Kings of Leon did a quick disappearing act for no reason – but as I can’t stand them I don’t know a name.

Katie Perry was apparently feeling really ill that night, which could have been down to having a stomach bug as anything …er… “manufactured”

A “muso” can also be someone who’s really into their music, but isn’t necessarily a musician or a singer – but in this context it’s just short for musician. But then again, boybanders used to get called “musicians”, so my guess is all of them!

One thing that comes to mind, if the picture of the German Shepherd is a clue of some kind, is that there’s a German connection. All I could find during a search was that Coldplay will be attending the German version of the Brits (called Echo Awards) and they were/are nominated for both. Does anyone know if Chris Martin or any of the other Coldplay members suddenly bolted?

Oh, and in regards to the Natalie guess, she presented an award during the night, but was not officially nominated for anything, which rules her out.